Tank-filler.



.provided with a reinforced threaded ringl a GEORGE F. OTTO, OF

PATENT FFICE.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TANK-FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rai-enten .nay 3o, 1918.

Application filed November 9, 1917 Serial No. 201,092.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Groane F. Orro, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Tank-Filler, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

This invention relates to tank fillers and has for an object the provision of an improved arrangement whereby the tank may be supplied with gasolene or other fuel, and the level thereof constantly indicated at a given point.

A further object oli the invention is to provide a filler for gasolene tanks on alitomobiles and other vehicles wherein a float. is connected with a rotatable indicating' finger for causing the iznlicating finger to assume a proper position in relation to the amount oir' gasolene in the tank,

1n the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a transverse sectional view through a tank and through a filler connected therewith, said filler disclosing' an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section through Fig. 1 on line 2--2.

Fig. 3 is an end viezv of the filler shown in Fig. l, saine beingr on an enlarged scale.

Referrinzglt to the aecompanyinpy drawing by numerals, l indicates a tank of any desircd kind, as for instance the conventional tank used on an automobile, said tank heilig so as to accommodate the threaded end l of the filler pipe 1. lfillcr pipe -tis provided with a nozzle or filli: end 5 ovcr which a cap t is slidingly fitted, said cap being for the purpose of providing a cove.;- so as to prevent foreign matter from entering. A. rod 7 is attached hy nuts s and t) to the sidiof filler pipe l. in such a manner that the rod may extend lhroiw'h the threaded extension i into the tank l any Insured distance. .ik

lever l() is pivotally mounted at ll on tie 4 end ofthe rod T said lever carrying a float at; its outcr and, said float heilig of metal, ooik or other desired nniterial.

'l`hc short end lli of lever lt) is provided w'th an apt-r ture in which a link ll is prvolally mounted7 vsaid link heine' pivotally mounted also on the arm l5. Arm l5 is preferably made from a piece of round rod slot ted al one end so as to provide a clamping means it). clamping rotatable rod 17. A fastener holt 1B extends through arm 15 at the point where 1t is flattened, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the arm or plate l5 may be clamped to the rod 17 in order to properly indicate the position of the indicatingr finger 19 arranged on 60 `the face '20 to which the shaft, 1T is joined. Face plate 2() is provided with a scale 2l indicating the amount of gasolene or other' fuel in tank 1. When thc parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3, the finger indicates that the tank l is full, whereas if`the finger was atl the point marked one half it would indicate that the tank was half full.` Rod 17A is normally liournaled in the plate 2() and is also journalcd in the pin 22 tilted tightly 70 in rod 7. This provides a ln'acliet for 1'0- tatahly supporting sha ft sl? in such-'a manll ner as to not he easily gotten out of order.

lIn connection with shaft 17 it will be noted that the same is preferably round throughont ext-cpt at the point where-it fits in the arm l5 where it is flattened and the flai tened portion engages tlatwise the slot in arm 15. lhis arrangement insures the proper turningr of therod 1T as' the flapA 80 moves up or down. After-the filler pipe .4 has heen placed inA position a lock nut 25 is screwed down upon the middle tuhe so as-to lor-k the parts against accidental 'movement whereupon the tank may he used in the 55 husual manner and the finger 1t) continually I imlii-atino.I the amount of fuel in the tank.l

ll' desired tluplato '20 may he removed at any linul so as to serure access tothe interior of the tuhe l, or if preferred tube lunay be easily removed hy merely rotatingz't'lu` saine so as to unscrew the threaded extension 3.

'hat I claim is:

l. ln a device of the character described, the comliinatiou with a tank` of a fillingt tube thr'iel'or forint-d with a threaded extension fittingl into said tank and a hody extending sullst antially at right angles to the extension,

a roll extending' through one wall of said hotly and through substantially the center of said extomaon loneitmlinally thereof` means for locking' said rod against movi-ment. a bracket arranged on said rod in said tulu, a shaft having omx rnd rotalahl)y mounted in said bracket and e.\'tendin ,fto a point exterior 105` of one end ot' said holly, and imlicatin;r memlar arranged on .said sha ft'. exterior 0f said laody. a float arranged in said tank7 and means for connectingr said float with said shaftl so as to rotate the shaft as the float,

y goes up and down, whereby Said indicating means will be operated.

2 The combination with e tank of a filiing and indicating device, said filling device comprising a tube having a Vertical section and at horizontal section merging into a filling'opening, and an indicating means corn prising a 'diei on one end of said tube, a inger 'for moving over said diai, a shaft connected with said finger and extending longitudinally of said tube,y a' rod extending through the top Weil of saidtube, clamping means for demping said rod rigidly in position so as to extend downwardiyffrom said tube into said tank, a pin extending through said rod/at substantially right angles thereto and acting as a supporting bracket, said pin having an aperture in which the shaft connected with the indicating finger is journaied, :in arm rigidly secured to said last mentioned rod, a fioat pivotzzlly mounted on the rod extending into the tank, and a link connected with Said iioat and with Said arm whereby as the float moves up and down the erin is moved and the shaft connected thereto is rocked for moYing said indicating finger.

A GEORGE F. OTTO. l 

